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How Can I Stop Getting Spam?
How Can I Stop Getting Spam? A Tutorial for Webmasters By Sean Proske mailto:sproske@thewebhostcompany.com Are you getting too much spam? We all are, but if you're a webmaster the word spam takes on a whole new meaning. It's not uncommon for the...
How Safe Are You Online?
What do the following five online activities have in common?
1. I download and swap music files
2. I visit chat rooms
3. I play online games
4. I buy and sell on eBay
5. I'm researching my family tree
They are not only five of the most...
How to identify Spoof/Phishing emails - Protect yourself from identity theft.
What is a spoof email?
Spoof emails (sometimes also called "Phishing") are emails that pretend to be from a company or bank. The most common often come from eBay, PayPal, Barclays Bank etc. These emails will then contain a web link, if you click...
Protecting Your Search Engine Rankings
Protecting Your Search Engine Rankings
By: William R. Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com
Your website's ranking on search engines is a vital element
of your overall marketing campaign, and there are ways to
improve your link popularity through legitimate...
The Importance of Backing Up Your Files! (AND How To Do It!)
As a Newsletter Publisher, I receive many questions. One of the questions I receive the most, though, is in regards to backing up your files, specifically, your web site. Backing up your web pages should be no problem. The average web page is...
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Software Downloads
Many web sites are devoted to provide software downloads. Some
of them will offer freeware (software that you can use without
paying), shareware (software that are free to share and tryout,
but require registration after some time), and others are demo
software and trial software, which serve as a demonstration of
the software capabilities, but do not include all the features
the full version has.
Whatever software product you are looking for, there is a big
chance that you will be able to find freeware downloads that may
be suitable for you, but have in mind that free software often
comes without technical support (in fact, many of these free
programs do not even include a help file!), so you may end up
with an application that you cannot use.
Better choices are shareware and trial or demo software systems,
generally built by companies instead of freelance programmers;
these companies pay special attention to average user, including
complete help files and customer support.
But no matter what software you need, you must choose serious
sites from where you could download them, because there are many
unsafe sites that
will spread virus, spyware or other threats by
making them appear as useful programs.
Another way to download software is by using a p2p program;
while these sharing p2p networks increase the chances to find
that program you need, they also (greatly) increase the risk of
being infected by a dangerous virus or Trojan embedded on an
apparently safe download. Furthermore, there is a chance that
you will download software that is not free to use or even
install, and therefore you will be breaking copyright laws
without even knowing it.
But do not be scared by these words, I'm just showing you the
risks. The benefits of software downloads are great, as you get
to try and use different programs before you buy (or even
without having to buy at all), and consider exactly what you
need before you decide to use one of them. You just need to
download the software you need from serious, reputable sites.
About the author:
Tamara Willims is a successful author and writer for Software
Download Site a site offering consumers all the
latest in software downloads.
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